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AN 9.32PTS AN 4.410Vihāra 11 min read

Progressive Meditations

Anupubbavihārasutta

Nine progressive meditation states.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.32Numbered Discourses 9.32
  • 0.24. Mahāvagga4. The Great Chapter

0.3AnupubbavihārasuttaProgressive Meditations

1.1PTS 4.410“Navayime, bhikkhave, anupubbavihārā.“Mendicants, there are these nine progressive meditations.1.2Katame nava?What nine?1.3Paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ, dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ, tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ, catutthaṁ jhānaṁ, ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ, viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ, ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ, nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ, saññāvedayitanirodho—The first absorption, the second absorption, the third absorption, the fourth absorption, the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of nothingness, the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, and the cessation of perception and feeling.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, nava anupubbavihārā”ti.These are the nine progressive meditations.”

1.5Paṭhamaṁ.